Help adding extensions to a VMFS data store

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• Size = size of the VMFS data store VMDK?

  Is it possible to create a single vmdk equal to the size of a vmfs data store he created in or is it a load element used by vCenter/ESXi.

  I am using vSphere 4 and VMFS data warehouses are in format VMFS 3.33.

  You can't if it is the main drive of a virtual machine and the virtual machine configuration files etc receive on the same data store as the virtual machine directly to the output that the bat will need extra space for a brief amount. For a data reader, this should be possible since there should not be any files will use the space.

• promotion of iSCSI LUN with the VMFS data store

  Hello

  I moved an iSCSI on the website of DR SAN and fact volume so that it was accessible to the ESX host on the site of DR based on the IP address and made the new analysis of the adapter for iSCSI Software in the VI Client on the two hosts on the DR site and he discovered the LUN.

  I don't want to go to the Configuration, storage and add storage as this reformatted the volume and it has a VMware Server already on it running happily on the main site.

  How can I add the volume as a VMFS data store available on the two hosts as he is picked up automatically?

  Thank you

  Paul

  I guess it was a VMFS volume that was used by the ESX environment on main site you, Yes? If you have moved the LUN, i.e. the ESX hosts in the main site no longer have access so that the ESX host at the DR site do not have access, you will need to define EnableResignature = 1 under Advanced settings, LVM

  You restart the analysis for storage and you should access your VMFS volume. You will need to register your virtual machines with the new host.

  When complete set EnableResignature = 0

• Please help: measure is missing from the data store

  Hello

  I have an a 20 TB drive data store and a magnitude of about 40 TB (local disks, areca raid controller).

  Long story short, I had to delete and re-create the volume 40 to on the RAID controller (without initialization, of course).

  Now all the data is there but eui has changed for the 40 to volume and vmware is unable to mount.

  log/hostd.log:2016-05-10T07:17:16.107Z of information pass [3D380B70] [Originator@6876 sub = Vimsvc.ha - eventmgr] event 118: a connected device eui.001b4d2051676528:1 may be offline. [Backvol1, 55e980d4-386dfa7f-7cb2-0cc47a09ba36] file system now is in a degraded state. While the data store is always available, parts of data residing on the extent which went offline may be inaccessible.

  [root@esxi2:/vmfs/volumes/55e980d4-386dfa7f-7cb2-0cc47a09ba36]

  esxcli instant vmfs storage list

  Volume name:

  VMFS UUID:

  Can mount: false

  UN-mountability reason: a few missing extensions

  Can will: false

  Reason for non-resignaturability: some missing extensions

  County of measure pending: 1

  Can someone help me please?

  Thank you!

  Hello
  You asked for instructions on how to readd a missing measure.
  Basically, it's pretty easy:
  in the VMFS to VMFS-based volume header section, you can assign extends it.
  Lets say that the basic volume is mpx.vmhba1:C0:T3:L0:1
  first of all extend is mpx.vmhba1:C0:T4:L0:1
  second extension is mpx.vmhba1:C0:T5:L0:1
  Then you will see this string in the VMFS header:
  vmhba1:3:0
  and a little later

  MPX.vmhba1:C0:T3:l0:1

  MPX.vmhba1:C0:T4:l0:1

  MPX.vmhba1:C0:T5:l0:1
  Just change the list of stretches.
  But: normally you can't change this section at all, and to add to the confusion, these values are stored in RAM is not trivial to change this value correctly.
  I highly recommend that instead of try it yourself and repeat all the mistakes I made while learning it - call me.
  I rather help you personally to give dangerous advice that will probably make things worse.

• Remove a VMFS data store or disassemble and remove the

  All,

  I need your help in this matter. I have 55 shops of VMFS 3 data that I want to go to VMFS5. I want to take advantage of the block size of 1 MB, so I need to delete the database and then recreate and format it with the size of the block vmfs5 1 mb

  question:

  Make a right click data store, delete, recreate

  or

  Follow the instructions on Ko 2004605 States to take it apart, then detach.

  Hello

  Yes, you must follow the 2004605 Ko, so that it doesn't create a situation of ODA on ESXI host, which can lead to unstable ESXi host.

  Concerning

  Mohammed

• LOST or CORRUPT VMFS (data store)

  Hello

  strange symptoms, when saving comments via the network on the NAS Server freeze.

  No disk error, allow to manage but no o off not restart guest system.

  Restart Vmware (4.0.0 261974 on HP DL380G4 - Smart Array 6i) and Datastore disappeared!

  No errors on the disc,

  2 disk raid 6i, a RAID 1 OK (36 GB X 2) a RAID 5 (146 X 3) ok ok but this data store is gone!

  On the storage card, I see 'Vmware disk Local (mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0) but no data store '.

  No vmfs or another partition...

  I try this solution:

  -Rescan store, but not reassign datastore

  -Rescan with change EnableResignature and disable DiallowSnapshotLun.

  A lot of help via the forum vmware or google:

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/247293

  http://communities.VMware.com/message/1477368#1477368

  http://www.virtualizationteam.com/virtualization-VMware/VMware-VI3-virtualization-VMware/VMware-ESX-how-to-recover-your-VMFS-partition-table.html

  and many other, but no solution.

  in/dev/disks I see

  MPX.vmhba1:C0:T1:l0

  But if fdisk /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0 answer me

  Fdisk: can't read /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0

  I'm trying to suggest to the KB 1009829 and esxcfg-scsidevs - c see my unrecognized store

  but fdisk my same error response:

  Fdisk: can't read /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0

  If I try /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1 response is

  Fdisk: cannot open of /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1

  I guess that the syntax is correct, because if I put another store (C0:T0:L0) I get the correct message

  fdisk-l don't see C0:T1:L0

  in other KB (1008886) suggest me to use parted, but console vmware 4 do not have this command! I tried partedUtil and I see this:

  partedUtil get /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1:C0:T1:L0

  35697 255 63 573480304

  What is - this? change this? which?

  I have download parted (gnu) but everything installed try I get "configure: Permission denied ' suggest?

  I try KB (1009565)

  and I get this:

  ~ # vmkfstools Pei /dev/disks/mpx.vmhba1\:C0\:T1\:L0

  devfs-1 file system, spanning partitions 0 00.

  File system label (if applicable):

  Mode: private

  Capacity 398563991040 (blocks of files 778445295 * 512), 398563991040 (778445295 blocks) prevail

  UUID: 00000000-00000000-0000-000000000000

  Partitions split (on "notDCS"):

  No UID e NO value from partition

  I try KB (1002281)

  but fdisk 'can not read... ". »

  Please help with suggest another way...

  Thank you!

  There is a road to try to recover partition?

  That's why I suggested to run the ACU. To check the controller has all the problems and presents the logical volume properly to the operating system.

  André

• Need help with a Citadel of DIAdem data store opening.

  Hello

  I was wondering if someone can help me to connect to a Citadel of DIAdem data store. I've read all the online help and cannot operate.

  On my PC, I use DIAdem v11.1 and v6.1 Lookout installed as a plugin. I am trying to connect to a data of Citadel store 5 on a server visible in the image below, specifically the default database on HPSERVER1. The installation of MAX on HPSERVER1 tells me that there are 2 versions of LabVIEW Run-Time installed, 8.2.1 and 9.0.1 (I don't know if this is relevant).

  

  When I select \\hpserver1\default_database, I then set the properties as follows:

  

  In the Advanced section, I'm the deadline set to 90 seconds. When I hit OK, then I get the following message, which then brings back me to the previous screen.

  

  Any help is very appreciated,

  David.

  Hi David,

  6.2 Lookout CLIENT is for people who do not have installed Lookout but still want to connect to a database of Citadel with DIAdem.  This works for databases Citadel created by Lookout as long as those created by LabVIEW DCS, is said by the way.

  In your case, you have already installed Lookout, you don't need this additional client software.  There is no improvement in functionality in this interface between 6.1 and 6.2, so you do not miss anything, and youre data import is already working.

  I don't know about lookout not appearing is not in the License Manager, etc.  I'm sorry.

  Brad Turpin

  Tiara Product Support Engineer

  National Instruments

• VM shows this in the NFS data store after passed to the vmfs data store

  Hello

  (1) create a virtual machine using NFS datastore

  (2) had created a few snapshots

  (3) to migrate this virtual machine from the data to the local VMfs store

  (4) all the files are moved to the defined vmfs datastore

  (5) storage > > nfs_datastore > > objects > > VM > > vm is present

  (6) but when did change the setting of this VM, vm is present on the data store local vmfs

  The .vmsn file contains binary data text, so you better not change it manually. The purpose of these files is to be able to return to his instant partner. Depending on the configuration of virtual machines in time you created the snapshot, the virtual machine may require access to the old data store to access the files and folders in there when you return to this snapshot.

  André

• Block size of a VMFS data store limitations

  I installed my ESXi 5 server with the default block size

  For the moment, I'm trying to convert the Windows Server 2008 and I have the alert message is: "*.vmdk file is larger than the maximum size.
  supported by the data store.

  It is possible to change the size of the block after the installation of ESXI5?

  Please can you help me because I have converter many server and it is not possible to re install my ESXi server.

  Help, please.

  The screenshot I understand you try to make a volume based cloning and you have deselected (i) and selected a share resource (FAT).

  It is possible to deselect the share (in BOLD) resource and give it a try

  Is - this possibe on a disk based cloning an audit?

  Just to be safe, you have enough space on your data store to perform this conversion, and what version of Converter do you use?

• PowerCli Help: VMs must rely on a data store

  Hi guys,.

  Need help to write a script where I need a number of virtual machines on a data store. This script has a few columns as well.

  I use below but I get no output if VM count is less than 2

  $TotalVM = (get - VM - DataStore $datastore) .count

  I know that there are a few scripts of a liner but I write this script for HTML output, and I also tried

  $TotalVM = get-Datastore Sharepoint_Datastore2 | Select Name, @{N = "TotalVM"; E={@($_ | Get - VM). County}} | Select totalvm

  This gives me the output voltage @{TotalVM = 1}

  I just need the County of VM on a particluar data store, any help would be appreciated.

  Thanks in advance

  You can get the number of virtual machines in a data store with:

  $TotalVM = (Get-Datastore $Datastore | Get-VM | Measure-Object).Count
  

  Best regards, Robert

• Corruption in the VMFS data store

  Hi all

  I have a data store VMFS that has a directory that ESX doesn't happen to delete, even if it tries every 2 minutes.  The contents of the directory, it looks like something related to the directory index is damaged.  The directory looks like this:

  # ls-l 1020

  Total 64

  -rw - 1 root root 353 current.png July 2, 2010

  ?----

  ---

  ? ?    ?      ?            ? ??? & lt;? g? fΟ? I have?

  ?----

  ---

  ? ?    ?      ?            ? ??????? hA+????????? KJ? \w#?s????????????

  ?----

  ---

  ? ?    ?      ?            ? IHDR

  I can't delete all files with the?' s. I searched and could not find you check all sound tracks on a tool VMFS file system.  Some positions mentioned vmkfstools - R, but that option appear in my version (ESX 4).

  Can any thoughts on how I fix?

  Thank you

  Jason

  Hello Jason,

  There is no fsck for vmfs. There is a 3rd third party tool which could for this in the future, but I wouldn't trust it now. See: http://planetvm.net/blog/?p=1592

  The best thing to do is get all your VMS out of this LUN, destroy the entirety of the LUN and recreate.

  Of course the most important is first of all to know what happened with your vmfs storage because it is very suspicious...

  --
  Wil
  _____________________________________________________
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  Writer to the blog www.planetvm.net

  Twitter: @wilva

• Nobody knows the largest available space supported for vmfs data store when creating a new form of vmfs data store a 3T lun mapped from FC storage.

  I traced a form of lun 3 t FC storage.

  And the project to create a vmfs on this lun, creating, data store, space available by default is 1024 G, no 3 t, so I guess that maybe some limitations.

  Anyone know? Thank you very much.

  Hello

  The limit is 2 TB - 512Bytes

  That 512 bytes is VERY important to remember.

  You will see that 1 TB as it roles once you exceed 2 tablespoons.

  As Anton suggested you can use two 1.5 TB LUN safely. However, you can in fact more than 500 GB LUNS or such. Will the LARGEST you can is not always the most efficient allocation of resources.

  Best regards

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• Help with the details of the data store

  Hi all

  Get the error for the name of the VM data store, below is the script

  $report = @)

  $vms = get - VM rpt01 | Get-View

  foreach ($vm to $vms)

  {

  foreach ($dev in $vm. Config.Hardware.Device) {}

  If (($dev.)) GetType()). {Name - eq "VirtualDisk")}

  If (($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode-eq "physicalMode") - or ($dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode - eq 'virtualMode')) {}

  $row = "" | Select the Cluster folder VMHost, VMName, IP, Powerstate, HDMode, HDName, HDsize, MON, HDDisplayName, VMDataS

  #$row = "" | Select VMHost VMName, HDName, MON, HDsize, HDMode, HDDisplayName, IP, Cluster, file

  $row. VMName = $vm. Name

  $esx is get-view $vm. Runtime.Host

  $row. VMHost = ($esx). Name

  $row. PowerState = $vm. Runtime.PowerState

  $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore - VM $vm |) Select - 1 last). Name

  $row. HDName = $dev. DeviceInfo.Label

  $row. HDMode = $dev.Backing.CompatibilityMode

  $row. HDSize = [system.math]: Round ($ dev.) CapacityInKB / 1048576)

  $row. HDDisplayName = ($esx. Config.StorageDevice.ScsiLun | where {$_.} UUID - eq $dev. Backing.LunUuid}). CanonicalName

  $lun = get-ScsiLun - VmHost $row. VMHost - CanonicalName $row. HDDisplayName

  $row. LUN = $lun. RuntimeName.SubString ($lun. RuntimeName.LastIndexof ("L") + 1)

  $row. IP = $vm.guest.IpAddress

  $row. Cluster = (get - view - ViewType clustercomputeresource |?) {} $_ .moref-match $esx.parent.value}) .name

  $row. Folder = (get - view - ViewType record |?) {} $_ .moref-match $vm.parent.value}) .name

  $report += $row

  }

  }

  }

  }

  get error below

  Get-Datastore: cannot bind parameter 'RelatedObject. Could not convert the value of 'VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine' of type 'VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine' to type

  'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.RelatedObject.DatastoreRelatedObjectBase '.

  C:\VM_RDM_Info.ps1:16 tank: 39

  +                 $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore - VM $vm |) Select - 1 last). Name

  +                                                   ~~~

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (:)) [Get-Datastore], ParameterBindingException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetDatastore

  Get-Datastore: cannot bind parameter 'RelatedObject. Could not convert the value of 'VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine' of type 'VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine' to type

  'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.RelatedObject.DatastoreRelatedObjectBase '.

  C:\VM_RDM_Info.ps1:16 tank: 39

  +                 $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore - VM $vm |) Select - 1 last). Name

  +                                                   ~~~

  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (:)) [Get-Datastore], ParameterBindingException)

  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: CannotConvertArgumentNoMessage, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.GetDatastore

  Try to replace this:

  $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore - VM $vm |) Select - 1 last). Name

  with this:

  $row. VMDataS = (Get-Datastore-Id $vm. Data store | Select - 1 last) .name

  The problem is that Get-Datastore - vm expects the parameter - VM to be a type of virtual machine rather than the display type of the virtual machines that is referenced because the = get - vm rpt01 $vms | Get - view.

• How will I know that I have not to oversubscribe a VMFS data store?

  I guess the manual way would be to check each VM, its data store and note its ability of VHDs + which datastore, it was stored.

  Any other way to do this at the same time and get the result in a simpler way?

  This is especially important if I apply Zimbra Network in vSphere environment.

  In RVTools, go to the tab "vDatastore". There is a line called "Supplied MB". If this number is greater than that of the line to the left "MB of capacity", then you have overprovisioned

• Copying files from a web server to the VMFS data store

  Hi everyone I have a little trouble working it.

  I say a file on a Web server http://webserver/important.txt and I want to copy this file in a local data store.  I am able to copy the file from the Web server to the server I'm running PowerCLI, and then to the data store, but I can't work on how to copy directly.

  Any ideas?

  As far as I know, the Copy-DatastoreItem cannot handle this. The cmdlet requires a path to the Item parameter.

  You will need to first create a local file and then copy in the data store.